Wednesday, February 21, 2007

During the long months of winter I've had to come up with ideas for creative indoor play. You've seen the rollerderby? Well here's another use for laminate flooring: Use masking tape to recreate playground games in your home.

Tape off a four-square grid or a hopscotch game to use with bean bags in place of rocks.

For younger children you could let them put down colored masking tape to make roads for their Matchbox cars or to make rooms in a make-believe dollhouse.

Makes me wish I had laminate floors. Another good choice for tape would be what's called "Painter's Tape." It's masking tape that's less sticky (and often brightly colored)designed for use on walls and floor. It removes cleanly without adhesive transfer or surface damage for up to 2 weeks.

What great memories you are making for your kids! I can hear them telling their grandkids about the time they had their very own roller derby in the house!

That's great! My kids used to use tape to play too when they were little.

Thanks for stopping by. And yes, Kauai is much more wetter than Maui, but not all of the time. Certain places like the Fern Grotto is wetter than other parts of the island. You'd love Poipu. And Waimea Canyon is like a smaller version of the Grand Canyon.

I love things like this... although one time I got the brilliant idea of covering my kitchen table with butcher paper and letting my kids draw a map for their cars. Yeah, the marker went straight through to my wood!